Featured Blog Posts – November 2011 Archive (161)

EVERY DAY almost everyone on this planet uses money. Yet few people understand how money works and affects their lives directly and indirectly. Let us, therefore, take a closer look at what money is and what would happen without it.

First, the good news: Money is one of the most ingenious inventions of humankind, as it helps the exchange of goods and services and overcomes the limits of barter, that is, the direct exchange of goods and services. For example, if you live in a village…

People of the world, and particularly those in the present ‘occupy camps’ around the world; 'best wishes to you all' - though you need to understand, the most fundamental objective of this, should be taken full advantage of, which is to make sure the people of the world, - who many are kicking off in various parts of the planet; get their voices heard, - and as importantly; - ‘their demands known of’. As presenlty not so many people seem to be coming out with to many concrete ideas, - as…

Patrice O’Neal, a stand-up comedian who appeared in several films and made regular appearances on the The Opie & Anthony Show, has passed away at the age of 41 after suffering a stroke last month. He was a diabetic.

Our world is run by small groups of gangs, which in turn are run by bigger groups of gangsters, – and not by the kind of men we’ve come to expect,- such as those like Al Capone, Bugs-Moran, Jack Legs-Diamond, Ronnie and Reggie Kray or even Pablo Escobar, nor any of today’s modern day villains, who I’m not even going to give credence to by mentioning any of their names, – as basically, one – there’s just too many of them, and two – most of them are just a bunch of individual wanker’s, – and…

Formally known as ‘The Prelature of the Holy Cross’, and more commonly as Opus Dei, in which is a branch with the Catholic church, and whose majority of its membership are lay people, with secular priests under the governance of a prelate [bishop] appointed by the Pope. Opus Dei is Latin for; “Work of God”, - hence the organisation is often referred to by members and supporters as “the Work”. Founded in Spain in 1928 by the Catholic priest St. Josemaría Escrivá, Opus Dei was given final…

The U.S. Senate is considering the unthinkable: changing detention laws to imprison people — including Americans living in the United States itself — indefinitely and without charge.

The Defense Authorization bill — a “must-pass” piece of legislation — is headed to the Senate floor with troubling provisions that would give the President — and all future presidents — the authority to…

The Senate is set to vote on a bill next week that would define the whole of the United States as a “battlefield” and allow the U.S. Military to arrest American citizens in their own back yard without charge or trial.

The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president—and every future president — the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. Even Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) raised his concerns about the NDAA detention provisions during last night’s…

by William GriggFive-year-old Stockton, California resident Michael Davis has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, a clinical term often used to pathologize the predictable behavior of young boys. Like many other boys his age, Michael doesn't take well to prolonged "educational" detention, and…